On 17 May, 22:14, Mikhail Medved <mikhail_b...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On May 17, 1:00 pm, Dmitry <dmitrijsfedot...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On 17 May, 15:20, Mikhail Medved <mikhail_b...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > Pig men in Latvian government realized it would be too much.
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> > >http://www.russiatoday.ru/news/news/24467
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> > > Latvian Pig Man won=92t spoil Victory Day
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> > > A controversial anti-litter initiative in Latvia has been delayed
> > > after criticism that it was an affront to Russians and their
> > > commemoration of Victory Day.
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> > > The Latvian government are using a mascot called Pig Man, who is
meant=
> > > to symbolise litter louts, in a bid to help clean up their streets.
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> > > But the end of the campaign was to coincide with Victory Day, on May
> > > 8.
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> > > Earlier a Latvian Russian-language daily, The Telegraph, had
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> > > the move to hold the so-called =91Day of Victory over plastic
bags=92 =
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> > > provocation.
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> > > Several politicians also called the campaign an insult to veterans
of
> > > the war and to the Soviet soldiers who gave their lives to liberate
> > > Latvia from Nazi occupation.
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> > > If it had gone ahead, there were fears that it could have led to
> > > resentment among Latvia=92s large Russian minority, or even a repeat
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> > > last year=92s Estonian riots.
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> > What is their problem with environmental campaigns?
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> No problem whatsoever with environmental campaigns.
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> > =A0How exactly is it
> > spoiling their Victory Day?
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> Declaring the "Pig Men Day" on the Victory Day is not something I find
> appealing, and it doesn't matter whether it is dressed in
> environmental decorations.
The dates do overlap sometimes, but I doubt that there was any
intention to insult the Soviets. BTW, I recal the day for Victory
used to be 9th May, the article you posted says that the compaign
ended on the 8th. Has the Victory date been changed? Anyway, the
initiator of this campaign was Rimi (Norwegian supermarket chain).
They are not politicians - they are business. As soon as they
realised that it made some people upset - they've changed the dates.
Was it Peteris or John who pointed out that you don't have to do
anything to upset Russia? Whoever did - the comment was right.
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> > How on earth does this insult Soviet
> > soldiers? Nobody stops Soviet war veterans to celebrate their victory
> > day in Latvia.
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